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Originally Posted by red92s
Most of the expensive private schools we traveled to for athletic events had incredible campuses. One had a computer center the size of our library.
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Agreed, a close friend of mine went K-12 to a private school in Atlanta, and it was incredible... beautiful campus, excellent basic science, music, and arts programs, and overall an outstanding curriculum. His parents sent him there (at considerable cost) because a) it provides a top-tier education; and b) it's 100x safer than Atlanta's public schools. Bars and security guards? Yea, no thanks.
I think the difference may be in the level of the private school.... An expensive, selective private school (like my friend went to) really just can't be compared to public schools. They have the money to be superior, and they are. However, I think many of the less-financially-endowed private schools really can suffer from some of the ailments wincrasher mentioned, particularly the narrowness of the curriculum. While some inner-racism may be a factor, very seldom would that be the deciding factor.